Media

Google local media revenue — search and local advertising on YouTube — is now at $19 billion, according to BIA Advisory Services.  For those scoring at home, that is virtually the same number that collectively, local TV stations pulled in local advertising, around $20 billion or so in a given year.  That should send shivers down the spines of TV executives. But from their point of view, it is a mixed bag, and one that should include — if not give prominence to — retransmission revenue.

Digital has a growing share of total media investment for global brands, and rightfully so. Mobile usage in the U.S., for example, has skyrocketed to more than three hours per day, according to last year’s Mary Meeker report. Additionally, some industry onlookers claim that brands are now spending more than half of their media spend in the digital space.

The advertising industry is quickly approaching a future where household-level sales attribution becomes table stakes for all media campaigns and channels. This future sets up digital media companies well, but could be disastrous for TV companies.

CNN en Español will air it signature series DocuFillms, this time with a special edition  ‘Rescuing Havana’, presented by Juan Carlos López, US Political Director & Anchor for CNN en Español in Washington DC.

During its Upfront presentation to advertisers, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises announced new multi-platform partnerships with E!, Hulu, and SportsManias, anchored on original content co-creation and scalable co-distribution.

beIN SPORTS’ beIN BED campaign was awarded four separate awards at the 2018 Clio Sports Awards. The beIN BED campaign was recognized in the categories of Social Media, Direct, and Integrated Campaign, including a Gold Award for Social Media Multi-Platform campaign, two Silver Awards for both Direct Social Media and Integrated Campaign and a Bronze Award for Social Video.

Can radio stations benefit by reaching out to a segment of the U.S. Hispanic market that is growing in both affluence and influence?  Yes, says Gabriela Alcantara-Diaz, founder and president of Miami-based Semilla AD.

As the network recognized for redefining Hispanic media and keeping pace with the evolving media consumption habits of today’s Hispanics, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises announced an extensive programming lineup for the 2018-2019 television season featuring more than 950 hours of new series and multi-platform original content.

Veteran soccer commentator and play-by-play announcer known for his unmistakable goal call, Andres Cantor, won his fifth Sports Emmy for Outstanding On-Air Sports Personality in Spanish at the 39th Annual Sports Emmy Awards for his work with Telemundo Deportes.

Telemundo Deportes and Panini America celebrate the countdown to the 2018 FIFA World Cup RussiaTM by kicking off a partnership that brings to fans Telemundo’s first-ever augmented reality (AR) experience for all things World Cup.

Cinelatino has secured the exclusive U.S. pay TV premieres of the Turkish blockbuster hits El Factor Marido 1 & 2 (“Husband Factor I & II”), which will air back-to-back on Sunday, May 13, in celebration of Mother’s Day. These premieres will mark the network’s first airing of a Turkish movie.

GOOOOOOOOOL!!! Sprint is joining forces with Telemundo Deportes as the halftime sponsor of Telemundo’s Spanish-language coverage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™.

According to Asian-Americans: Digital Lives and Growing Influence, a Nielsen report released, Asian-American consumers are growing faster than the general population and maintaining income and education rates higher than any other racial or ethnic group. Asian-Americans continue to make gains as tech-enabled influencers with unlimited potential. As the fastest growing ethnic group, Asian-Americans’ consumer buying power has grown exponentially to $986 billion, up 257% since 2000, versus 97% for the total U.S.

For veterans of Hispanic broadcast media with ties to Puerto Rico, the name Billy Fourquet is synonymous with radio stations owned by Spanish Broadcasting System.  By Adam Jacobson

Telemundo Station Group, part of the NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations division of NBCUniversal, announced that Luis Roldan and Roberto Vizcon, two seasoned broadcast professionals will lead WTMO Telemundo.

Azteca America announced the premiere of “Todo un Show”, an innovative magazine program hosted by Laura G, AnetteCuburu, and Roger González, beginning Monday, May 7 at 3 pm/ 2 C.

Hemisphere Media Group, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a 75% interest in Snap Global, LLC (“Snap TV”), an independent distributor of content in Latin America to broadcast, pay TV and OTT platforms.

CNN en Español’s original Docufilm- Pulse-Huellas de la Masacre won a GLAAD award for in Outstanding TV Journalism NewsMagazine in Spanish category. 

Hemisphere Media Group, Inc. has entered into an agreement with Laguna Productions, Inc. to acquire exclusive worldwide transmission rights in perpetuity to 25 Mexican and U.S. Hispanic movie titles. Rights to the films include all forms of transmission, including pay-TV, free-TV, VOD, over-the-top, and digital.

Twentieth Century Fox is having an open casting call in Orlando for the lead roles in “West Side Story,” a new film version of the Broadway musical to be directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg.